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.No. 840,333.. PATENTED JAN. 1, 1907. T. HUSSEY. MINERS GOLD PAN. u-rmoumn FILED APB..30,1906,.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS HUSSE Y, IOF HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA.

i MIN ERS GOLD-PAN. I

Patented Jan. 1, 1907.

Application filed April 30, 1906. Serial No; 314,359.

Be it known that I, THOMAS HUssEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hollywood, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Miners Gold Pans for Hand-Panning, of which the following is a specification. A 4

In the common ordinary. gold-pan. for

hand-panning the bottom is usually circular and slopes upwardly and outwardly, and all the lighter. material passes out of the pan with the water over the edge. Unless very great care is used the water pours out in such a volume as to carrysome of the lighter particles of gold withit.

It isthe object of my improved gold-pan to provide means for the lighter particles and water to pass out through a plurality of openings at the apex of what might be termed riflles in that portion of the pan which I term the ends thereof, whereby there is less danger of the lighter particles of gold eslighter particles in muchless 1 time than can be done with the ordinary pan. I accomplish this object by the pan described herein, and illustrated in the accompanying draw Figure- 1 is 'a plan. of my preferred pan.

Fig. 2 is a section on the'line 2'2.of Fig. 1..

Fig. 3'isa modified form".

In thedrawings, 5 is'that portion of the pan which I will term the bottom of the pan and is very nearly flat. It is provided at each side with side wallsG, which slope up wardlyand outwardly, At each end of the central-portion ofthe bottom are transverse ribs 7, which form what I term transverse rifiles, and from these riflies the bottom or end walls 8 slope upwardlyandoutwardly on a gentleslant, and the extreme end turns upwardly sharply. The outer ends ofthe bottom are corrugated, thereby forming longitudinal riflies. The outer'ends of these corrugations are provided with perforations 9 at the apex of each corrugation. The side walls 6 project along and form side's forthe ends of the bottom. In Fig. Sthe bottom slopes in i both directions from the central transverse line 10. upwardlyand outwardly on a gentle vwith perforations at the outer. ends of the corrugations the same as in Fig. 1.

By this construction when material to be panned is placed in the pan with sufficient water the ordinary movement of hand-panning enables the operator to throw the lighter particles upon the slanting ends over the riffies, and as it passes over the corrugations the heavier portions will sink into the lowest portion of the corrugations, while the lighter portions will pass out through the perforations in the apices of the corrugations, thus getting rid of the lighter portions much more quickly than is possible with the ordinary pan. Should there be stones in the material, they can be drawn diagonally across the corrugations by hand as they are removed from the pan, thereby preventing them from carrying out of the pan any small particles.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. A hand gold-pan having a portion of the upper part ofthe end walls corrugated and having perforations at the apices of the outer portions of the corrugations.

2. A hand gold-pan having a portion of each end of the bottom sloping upwardly and outwardly and having perforations near the outer ends of such sloping portions.

3. A hand gold-pan having a portion of each end of the bottom sloping upwardly and outwardly and corrugated, said corrugations having perforations at the apices thereof near the outer ends.

4. A hand gold-pan having a portion of the bottom nearly level and the other portions sloping upwardly and outwardly and corrugated, said corrugations having perforations at the apices thereof near the outer ends; and rifiies extending transversely the bottom between the smooth and corrugated portions.

5. A device of the class described, com' prising a sheet-metal body having side walls, the end walls of said body sloping upwardly and outwardly from the center thereof, and

day of April, 1906.v

THOMAS HUSSEY. Witnesses:

G. E. HARPHAM, EDMUND A. STRAUSE. 

